Who knows about sociocracy?

In SoFA, we connect with many people, and a fascinating area of feedback for us is to hear, “so, how did you hear about sociocracy?” One big trend we are noticing is that people are actively searching for alternatives to extractive businesses and control and demand, and they find us more quickly than we find them.

We made a list of areas and frameworks that we are aware of that have some overlap and some interest in sociocracy so far. We’re excited to see how these ideas as a pluralistic movement are growing in followers, and how much overlap in cooperative values, processes and mindset there is between these concepts and sociocracy as a governance method and a way of relating to each other.

The list is not sorted in any kind. Think of it as the result of brain storming. We would say that 98% of the people who approach us come from one or more of the contexts in this list:

Agile, scrum

Commoning/The Commons

self-organizing teams

New Economy

Sharing Economy

Solidarity Economy

cohousing/eco-villages/intentional communities

Holacracy (based on sociocracy)

teal organizations/reinventing organizations

NVC (non-violent communication)

Dragon Dreaming

transition movement

alternative currencies

restorative justice, restorative circles, peace-making circles

cooperative movement, worker co-ops

permaculture

platform cooperatives

social justice

That’s such a long list! All of those incorporate so much wisdom and innovation, and we’re proud to be a part of this change towards a collaborative future.